Job Description
Operations Manager Offshore Wind
Offshore wind energy - the pillar of our future energy supply!
Skyborn Renewables is a pioneer and leading offshore wind developer and operator with more than 20 years’ experience and a track record of approx. 7 GW developed around the globe to date. The competencies of our 400 employees cover the entire offshore wind value chain, including greenfield development, engineering and design, procurement, financing, construction management and asset management.
Do you want to make a difference? To advance the energy transition in an international and growing business field? Skyborn Renewables offers you the opportunity to do so.
With us, you can expect a dynamic environment with committed employees as well as the opportunity to break new ground and expand your skills.
Become a part of our friendly team at our location in Hamburg or Bremen as a
Operations Manager Offshore Wind
Your future tasks:
- Lead and manage offshore site operations, ensuring safe, compliant, and efficient execution of all planned and unplanned maintenance and operational activities.
- Oversee and coordinate offshore contractors and service providers, ensuring full compliance with contractual, safety, quality, and performance requirements, and taking corrective action where necessary.
- Ensure robust HSE leadership on site, driving consistent application of standards, promoting a strong safety culture.
- Act as a Designated Operator in accordance with DIN VDE 0105‑100 (Anlagenbetreiber)
- Coordinate multidisciplinary offshore activities and logistics, ensuring clear interfaces between site teams, contractors, and Skyborn’s asset management team to support safe and efficient operations.
- Manage daily site operations, including operational procedures, interface coordination, wind farm production oversight, and operational readiness.
- Plan, monitor, and improve site execution, developing and maintaining site activity and contractor coordination plans, conducting audits and inspections, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives.
- Provide accurate site reporting and governance, delivering timely updates on progress, risks, incidents, and performance metrics, while maintaining complete, structured, and compliant site documentation.
- Performance, Reporting & Continuous Improvement: Establish KPIs, provide consolidated reporting to senior leadership and other stakeholders, drive continuous improvement through best practices and lessons learned.
Your profile:
- University degree in Engineering or a comparable technical discipline
- 5–7+ years’ experience in offshore wind farm operations or a similar site‑based role within O&M of complex technical assets
- Strong background in Operations & Maintenance, ideally within offshore wind or the renewable energy sector
- Proven ability to coordinate complex site activities in a structured, disciplined, and safety‑critical environment
- Clear and confident communication skills in multicultural and offshore settings, with very good written and spoken English and German
- Ability to prioritise and maintain oversight in fast‑paced operational environments
- Willingness to travel and work offshore, with solid MS Office proficiency (Senvion turbine experience an advantage)
Our benefits:
- Permanent employment in an international company where you make a difference in the renewable energy sector
- Flexible ways of working: Mobile office regulation of 40% per week
- Enjoy your vacation of 30 days, extended with possible unpaid vacation days
- A modern work environment with open doors and room for your own ideas in a friendly, modern working environment
- Learning and Development Opportunities to support your personal and professional growth
- Our company celebrations, team events and get-togethers are extraordinary
- We care for your wellbeing, our Employee Assistance Program offers training and counselling to support your wellbeing
- Other employee benefits depending on location: capital-forming benefits, subsidized company pension plan, company bicycle leasing (business bike) and company fitness (EGYM Wellpass)
We look forward to receiving your application!
Your contact person
Niven Pillay
Human Resources
Ericusspitze 2-4
20457 Hamburg
Interested?
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